Hi Hammerzeit, thank you for your support!
Yeah, it seems induction heating might really have an edge in vaporization applications which even the Infra-Red method doesn't currently offer, unless i'd happen to be mistaking: it's THE only hard-core purist's
NO BRAINER scenario i could imagine so far and i'm trying hard here... Its heating element is totally detached from any possible contaminant sources, period - e.g. don't waste time searching any further as there just ain't nothing to find! In fact, lets not forget this level of
designer freedom, relatively to the control hardware, opened the door to a modified VapBong portable design where
HEAT COMES FROM INSIDE and yet the vial can be carried around in a pocket for use in the conventional way. Forget about authoritative laboratory testing and whatnot, should a vaporizer based on this technology ever actually hit the market no potential customer would even need to rely on a decent IQ to realize that this concept can
garantee an absolutely
virgin air path.
The
edge i'm talking about is not measured in ppm (parts per million); purity is
OBVIOUS simply looking at the structure with your own eyes in this case and this, my friend, could make a determining difference at the local smoke shop, i believe - but there again, i'm sorry having to say that's a fantasy and nothing more...
Of course, generating hot air only represents one half of the challenge: we yet have to define the delivery part more precisely and the recent posts (in other threads/forums) about biological contamination of vegetal residue is a major concern in my mind. That's where this in-line direct-draw cooler pops up:
The body would be 100% metal so i guess sterilization would be another
NO BRAINER scenario here, i wonder if its air path could be made all-glass though...
Relatively to taking benefit from the vortex effect i must confess this was a factor in the emergence of an helix air path for my modified VapBong vial. I subscribe to this school completely but i felt the "shaker" cavity might still do some good in that case.
The frisbee topology is radically different and that vortex would have to be generated inside the vaporization bowl itself, a part i haven't got the opportunity to clearly define so far.
...but i figure it's not going to be a major problem...
About prototyping and modeling, i'm afraid 3D rendering is way beyond my present drawing skills, which is why you haven't seen my creations from multiple perspectives. Nonetheless, my perception so far is that less casing is better when it can be avoided, mainly because of the "OBVIOUS" factor mentioned above.
By the way, readers who followed the progression of my fantasy thread may notice that's a 180 degrees turn compared to my initial set of guidelines!
There are some of those times when external input is most valuable - and appreciated...
Anyway, i find it quite difficult to understand how things are meant to work in some real-life vaporizers discussed on this board on a few occasions so i wouldn't want a potential customer to experience the same state of hesitation as i do... My frisbee contraption is the one which made me very proud for this reason: it's relatively simple and nothing important is hidden. After all, who would want to hide their glassware in a box? So... Why should an all-glass frisbee-style vaporizer be conceeled in a plastic envelope!
Dressing isn't always an issue. No, the real problem here is that such an ultimate level of simplicity would most likely involve careful geometry control, etc., but lets consider the final gain: a reasonable amount of temperature control is apparently achievable through the heating element's physic structure itself, meaning one would only need to place my frisbee vaporizer on the induction plate of his stove if he already happens to cook on one!
It's like using a force as universal as gravity to do some productive work: riding down the hill on a bike, for example... Honnestly, can a vaporizer concept get any more basic and yet more "stealthy" (!) than that? I mean, without a proper power source under it, how does one know what it does other than pose as some fancy flower pot or something!
In any case, thank you for suggesting the use of an Arduinio micro-controler module (which was discussed elsewhere in the Bud Toaster thread as i recall). My impression is that it might render prototyping straightforward by linking a regular computer to the vaporizer being developed. I don't see how it would apply to the frisbee model though, but it should certainly turn out to be a wise choice for my SHOT GUN VAPORIZER line!
Finally, if you haven't already then i'd like you to look at this YouTube video where all heating techniques get blatantly outperformed, the induction heating method included IMO:
YouTube - VAPORIZING Herbs with a 15W LED: Pure Photon Energy Vaping. Vapor Brothers Vaporizer...
Let there be light! But not too much or one might fear it will end up combusting... My guess is that's a winner in terms of convenience (read heat up delay) and power efficiency (using a mere 15 Watts heat source!) but the idea of wearing laser-proof googles while vaping somehow doesn't appeal to me so my bet is it will be a while before everything else on the market becomes obsolete!
There still could be a very appealing side to laser vaporization though: once the bowl's content has changed from green to golden-brown i suppose the heating process stops, making it
self-regulating, similarily to induction heating which ends when the Curie point is reached... This could very well be the next best
NO BRAINER scenario!!!
